arcuation

English

Etymology

Latin arcuatio.

Noun

arcuation (countable and uncountable, plural arcuations)

1. The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
   • 1825, Olinthus Gregory, Mathematics for Practical Men:

     In the practice of arcuation, the voussoirs or arch - stones are so cut , that their joints are perpendicular to the arch or to its tangent , at the points where they respectively fall

2. (botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
   • 1734, Practical Husbandman and Planter:

     flowering Shrubs, which are propagated or raised by Arcuation, or laying

References

• “arcuation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.